YOU ARE WATCHING NEWS 8 NOW, I'M MEGHAN TORJUSSEN. AND I'M ERIN OVALLE POLICE IN PARIS ARE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP THIS MORNING TO FIND THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR KILLING A TEENAGER IN A HIT AND RUN. IT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY ALONG ROUTE 117 IN SOUTH PARIS. SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD XAVIER FUENTES WAS WALKING NEAR THE AREA OF ONE THIRTY THREE BUCKFIELD ROAD AROUND EIGHT THIRTY SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN A VEHICLE HIT HIM AND TOOK OFF. FUENTES WAS LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD AT AN AREA HOSPITAL. POLICE SAY THE VEHICLE IS LARGE ENOUGH TO CARRY A PLOW, BUT DID NOT HAVE ANY OTHER DESCRIPTION. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION, YOU ARE AKSED TO CALL PARIS POLICE. STATE OFFICIALS WANT TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE DECISION TO CLOSE OFF A SMALL AREA OF THE PENOBSCOT RIVER TO LOBSTER FISHERMEN. OFFICIALS SAY THEY RECENTLY BECAME AWARE OF MERCURY CONAMINATION IN A SMALL SAMPLE OF MAINE LOBSTER FROM THAT AREA. THE CLOSURE WILL LAST A MINIMUM OF TWO YEARS AND IMPACT ABOUT TEN LOBSTERMEN. OFFICIALS ARE HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING AT THE BUCKSPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER TODAY. WELL, IT WAS CERTAINLY ANOTHER FRIGID MORNING OUT THERE.... BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM CELEBRATING ST. PATRICK'S DAY. A FESTIVE GROUP GATHERED AT 5-30 THIS MORNING AT EAST END BEACH IN PORTLAND FOR THE ANNUAL ST PADDY'S PLUNGE. ABOUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE JUMPED IN THE FRIGID WATERS OF CASCO BAY. THE PARTICIPANTS THEN WENT TO RI-RA'S PUB TO WARM UP. THE EVENT BENEFITS THE PORTLAND FIREFIGHTERS CHILDREN'S BURN FOUNDATION. RARE BASEBALL ITEMS WILL BE AUCTIONED OFF THIS WEEK IN BIDDEFORD. ONE OF THOSE ITEMS IS AN 1870 SEASON TICKET FOR THE ATHLETIC BASEBALL CLUB OF PHILADELPHIA. ANOTHER IS A PAINTING OF CY YOUNG IN A RED SOX UNIFORM. THE AUCTION IS WEDNESDAY AT THE SACO RIVER AUCTION COMPANY. THANK YOU FOR TUNING INTO THIS NEWS 8 NOW UPDATE. MAKE SURE TO CHECK BACK AT WMTW DOT COM AND OUR MOBILE APP FOR THE TOP STORIES AND WEATHER ANYTIME.

Thousands of California acres are ablaze as firefighters battle at least 21 wildfires throughout the state, but while many of those fires are small or mostly contained, the wind and heat that are spreading the Rocky Fire in Northern California -- and...